List of Texas Longhorns starting quarterbacks
This is a list of the starting quarterbacks for the Texas Longhorns football teams since 1893.
They are listed in order of the first game each player started for the Longhorns that season.
A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed after the first play.
| Colt McCoy | 53 | 45 | 8 | 0 | | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Vince Young | 32 | 30 | 2 | 0 | | 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| Bobby Layne | 34 | 28 | 6 | 0 | | 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 |
| Quinn Ewers | 35 | 27 | 9 | 0 | | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Sam Ehlinger | 43 | 27 | 16 | 0 | | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Chris Simms | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Marty Akins | 34 | 25 | 9 | 0 | | 1973, 1974, 1975 |
| James Brown | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 |
| Peter Gardere | 41 | 25 | 16 | 0 | | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 |
| Major Applewhite | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
| James Street | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | | 1968, 1969 |
| Bret Stafford | 34 | 19 | 15 | 0 | | 1985, 1986, 1987 |
| Mike Cotten | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | | 1960, 1961 |
| Bobby Lackey | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | | 1958, 1959 |
| Marvin Kristynik | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | | 1964, 1965 |
| Donnie Little | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | | 1978, 1979, 1980 |
| David Ash | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Eddie Phillips | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | | 1970, 1971 |
| James T Jones | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | | 1951, 1952 |
| Robert Brewer | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | | 1981, 1982 |
| Paul Campbell | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | | 1948, 1949 |
| Bill Bradley | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | | 1966, 1967, 1968 |
| Duke Carlisle | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | | 1962, 1963 |
| Arch Manning | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | | 2024, 2025 |
| Randy McEachern | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | | 1977, 1978 |
| Alan Lowry | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 1972 |
| Shane Buechele | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | | 2016, 2017 |
| Rob Moerschell | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | | 1983 |
| Ben Tompkins | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | | 1950 |
| Todd Dodge | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| Charles Brewer | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | | 1953, 1954 |
| Case McCoy | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Shea Morenz | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | 1993, 1994 |
| Mark McBath | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | | 1976, 1977, 1978 |
| Rick McIvor | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983 |
| Walter Fondren | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 1955, 1957 |
| Garrett Gilbert | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 2010, 2011 |
| Tyrone Swoopes | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | | 2014, 2015 |
| Jack Halfpenny | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 1945 |
| Johnny Genung | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 1962 |
| Joe Clements | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | | 1955, 1956 |
| Donnie Wigginton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | | 1971 |
| Chance Mock | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | | 2003 |
| Shannon Kelley | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | | 1987, 1988 |
| Jerrod Heard | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | 2015 |
| Casey Thompson | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | 2021 |
| Tommy Wade | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 1962 |
| Hudson Card | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | 2021, 2022 |
| Mike Cordaro | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 1976 |
| Sam Ansley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 1977 |
| Maalik Murphy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 2023 |
| Dan Page | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 1951 |
| Bunny Andrews | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 1953 |
| Richard Walton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 1995, 1997, 1998 |
| Mark Murdock | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | | 1988, 1989 |
| Jim Hudson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1964 |
| Mike Presley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1974 |
| Zeke Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1944 |
| Andy White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1966 |
| Ted Constanzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1976 |
| Donovan Forbes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1989 |